Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz stepped down Friday after eight years on the job. His department has been plagued by allegations of excessive force, including several cases caught on video. And several officers have been reprimanded for questionable social media postings, including one by an officer involved in a fatal shooting who described his occupation […]
Filing a lawsuit for sexual abuse of a child
Charges have been dropped against an Albuquerque preschool owner accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old boy in his care, reported the Albuquerque Journal. Dermot Newman, owner of Peppermint Stick Preschool in Albuquerque, was arrested and charged last October with raping the boy. Now, after reviewing the case, the 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office has dropped […]
Personal injury at work
The Las Cruces Sun News reported a 50-year-old Silver City man died Friday while at work at the Tyrone Mine. Richard Juan Gallegos Sr. collapsed at approximately 3:30 p.m. near the end of his work shift, Freeport MacMoRan spokesman Gabe Doak said without confirming the man’s name or age, but Gallegos’ wife Alia confirmed his […]
What jail is like
Jail is not like what you see in the movies. Most criminal defendants find that jail is just a complete dehumanization of the human spirit. It’s about the government (though its jailers / guards / detention officers) complete control over a person. Jails, focused on security, commonly treat all prisoners as potential threats. They expect […]
Unknowingly transporting drugs
People who transport illegal drugs are commonly called “mules.” People who unknowingly transport drugs are called “blind mules.” For many years, law enforcement denied the existence of blind mules. Thwarting criminal defense lawyer’s attempts to exonerate their clients, they claimed, and testified under oath, that people caught with drugs must have know the drugs were […]
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